1 dead, dozens injured in fuel tax protests around France

1 dead, dozens injured in fuel tax protests around France

1 dead, dozens injured in fuel tax protests around France

By / Latest News / Saturday, 17 November 2018 18:48

One protester was killed and 106 others were injured at roadblocks set up around France on Saturday as citizens angry at rising fuel taxes rose up in a grassroots movement and posed a new challenge to President Emmanuel Macron.

Police officers lobbed tear gas canisters at demonstrators on the famed Champs-Elysees Avenue in Paris as groups tried to make their way to the presidential Elysee Palace.

 

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